New updates on Sheri's development

Recently, our wireless internet connection was disrupted by a thunderstorm. For the past week, we were only able to log on the internet in the study room, which makes surfing the net pretty inconvenient. Well, I guess daddy and mommy are really pampered by the wireless network. We really enjoy the convenience of surfing at anywhere in the house. Fortunately, daddy managed to rectify the fault and restore network yesterday before anyone in the foo family dies of internet starvation.

It has been quite some time since I posted new updates on baby Sheri's development. Let me start with her eating habits. She has started on stage I baby food and she is doing very well. Usually, I will feed her with solid food for lunch and dinner. Her typical meal will consist of either oatmeal or rice cereals mixed with stage I veggies or fruits. Her favourite food are oatmeal cereals, sweet potatoes and bananas. My mom instructed me to cook some porridge with meat for her, but for some unknown reason, she hates eating porridge. Feeding time will be a breeze for us if she likes the food that we give her. She can finish the food at an incredible speed if she likes it, but it can take ages if she dislikes the food. She simply will not open her mouth! What a fussy baby!

Yummy! My food is finger-licking good!

In addition to the solid food, mommy tries to give baby Sheri milk whenever possible since milk should remain the primary source of nutrition for babies under 1 years old. She still drinks about 21 ounces of milk everyday. However, mommy's breast milk has dwindled significantly. I can only give her 4 ounces of breast milk everyday. Even though mommy's friends have advised me to start weaning baby Sheri since I am only producing such a miserable amount of breast milk, I am still persisting it because breast milk provides the best nourishment for babies. I just wish to give her whatever I have , no matter how little it is.




As for her psychomotor skills, she is getting more flexible with the movement of her hands now. Yesterday, I caught her reaching for the toys from the mobile in her crib. Very soon, mommy has to remove the mobile from the crib before she starts pulling the toys down.


She has also made good progress in sitting up without any backrest. She is pretty steady now, as she no longer needs to put her hands on the floor to support her weight when sitting down.

She can also balance herself very well on standing when we hold her hands. In fact, she loves to stand with our assistance.

Besides standing, she also has a penchant for heights. There will always be a wide grin on her face whenever she is lifted aloft or flown like a 'supergirl' in the house. With a greater sense of awareness of her surroundings now, she is curious in almost everything that she sees. She is particularly fascinated by the T-shirts that we wear as she is often seen squinting her eyes as if she is trying to read the small prints on our shirts.



Guess what was holding baby Sheri's attention? She was watching the ' Your baby can read' VCD given by my sister. Nowadays, she can be so engrossed in watching the VCD that it does provide a respite for mommy. Amazingly, the VCD seems to trigger some response in her as she tries to babble to herself while the words are being read in the VCD. She can get really excited with the songs in the VCD too, behaving as if she is singing along.


Coaxing baby Sheri to sleep remains a very challenging task for mommy. Nowadays, she does not fall asleep during feeding, which makes coaxing her to sleep even more difficult. The only way to make her fall asleep is to rock her gently and sing to her at the same time. She loves it when we sing nursery rhymes to her. Her favourite song is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. She will fall asleep easily if she does not cry and resist mommy from rocking her. The problem about her is that she finds it very difficult to fall asleep initially even though mommy tries to dim the light to create an atmosphere that is conducive to sleep. Sometimes, she will just keep wailing and arching her back to resist mommy from rocking her to sleep. It can be pretty frustrating at times that mommy cannot help but loses her patience at times. Well, when that happens, I will usually leave her alone for a while and try to cool myslef down before coming back to her again. Once she overcomes the initial hurdle of falling asleep, she will usually sleep through the night. Even when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she will not be very fussy . Mommy just has to give her some water and she will go back to sleep again. Somehow, she does have the concept of day and night. However, no matter what happened the night before, she never fails to greet us with a wide smile when we pick her up from her crib the next morning. To me, this is the sweetest thing of all.